[PATCH v2 08/22] coredump: move the negotiated mask into struct coredump_params

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 19:15:18 EST


The coredump server negotiates a set of COREDUMP_* options with the
kernel. The core dump path cannot see them though.

Move the mask into struct coredump_params to make them available.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/coredump.c | 15 +++++++--------
include/linux/coredump.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index c696b46c97ff..156688be3df0 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ struct core_name {
unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
bool core_dumped;
enum coredump_type_t core_type;
- u64 mask;
};

static int expand_corename(struct core_name *cn, int size)
@@ -245,9 +244,9 @@ static bool coredump_parse(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm,
int pid_in_pattern = 0;
int err = 0;

- cn->mask = COREDUMP_KERNEL;
+ cprm->mask = COREDUMP_KERNEL;
if (core_pipe_limit)
- cn->mask |= COREDUMP_WAIT;
+ cprm->mask |= COREDUMP_WAIT;
cn->used = 0;
cn->corename = NULL;
cn->core_pipe_limit = 0;
@@ -860,7 +859,7 @@ static bool coredump_sock_request(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *
return false;
}

- cn->mask = ack.mask;
+ cprm->mask = ack.mask;
return coredump_sock_mark(cprm->file, COREDUMP_MARK_REQACK);
}

@@ -1129,7 +1128,7 @@ static void do_coredump(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm,
}

/* Don't even generate the coredump. */
- if (cn->mask & COREDUMP_REJECT)
+ if (cprm->mask & COREDUMP_REJECT)
return;

/* get us an unshared descriptor table; almost always a no-op */
@@ -1137,13 +1136,13 @@ static void do_coredump(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm,
if (unshare_files())
return;

- if ((cn->mask & COREDUMP_KERNEL) && !coredump_write(cn, cprm, binfmt))
+ if ((cprm->mask & COREDUMP_KERNEL) && !coredump_write(cn, cprm, binfmt))
return;

coredump_sock_shutdown(cprm->file);

/* Let the parent know that a coredump was generated. */
- if (cn->mask & COREDUMP_USERSPACE)
+ if (cprm->mask & COREDUMP_USERSPACE)
cn->core_dumped = true;

/*
@@ -1151,7 +1150,7 @@ static void do_coredump(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm,
* or usermodehelper to finish before exiting so it can e.g.,
* inspect /proc/<pid>.
*/
- if (cn->mask & COREDUMP_WAIT) {
+ if (cprm->mask & COREDUMP_WAIT) {
switch (cn->core_type) {
case COREDUMP_PIPE:
wait_for_dump_helpers(cprm->file);
diff --git a/include/linux/coredump.h b/include/linux/coredump.h
index 7b38ee2e7913..dc7a05b1bb0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/coredump.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct coredump_params {
/* Snapshot of dumpable at dump start. */
enum task_dumpable dumpable;
int cpu;
+ /* COREDUMP_* options negotiated with the coredump server. */
+ u64 mask;
loff_t written;
loff_t pos;
loff_t to_skip;

--
2.53.0